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| The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream | 
 enlarge | Creator: Barack Obama
Publisher: Random House Audio
Category: Book
Buy New: $43.98
New (4) Used (6) from $28.62
Avg. Customer Rating:  628 reviews
Sales Rank: 30008
Format: Abridged, Audiobook
Media: Audio CD
Edition: Abridged
Number Of Items: 5
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 6.1 x 5.5 x 1
ISBN: 0739334085
Dewey Decimal Number: 973.04960730092
EAN: 9780739334089
ASIN: 0739334085
Publication Date: October 17, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 propaganda December 20, 2006
208 out of 307 found this review helpful
I just finished reading this book today. It seems to me that the book lacks any real subject matter that you can lean on to say "hey, this Obama stands for ____". The book basically hits the standard fix-the-world topics, but delves into very few of them. This is a great strategy to get Obama'a face out in the view of the masses, but I do not recommend this book.
Fun message, but shallow vision for real progress March 27, 2007
203 out of 316 found this review helpful
I read the book after buying it at a book signing. It was my second Obama book. It was very readable, entertaining and people-pleasing. I don't think his messages have much to say to seniors or baby-boomers. He should be a youth counselor and mentor, not president.
After his book signing, as I waited for my ride home, I watched for an hour as people met Mr. Obama to get their book signed. With "young" people under 40-ish, he was animated, smiling, pouring on the charm. With folks over 40-ish, he appeared bored and had nothing much to say to them. Watch it on c-span sometime and see what you think. It was incredibly obvious and made me read the book even more closely to see what his message is. I was not ultimately left with much of an impression that he can lead our country and represent the future.
Disappointing... February 16, 2007
201 out of 302 found this review helpful
Spoken like a true politician. Barack Obama offers no real solutions to government problems in this book. Instead of thinking like a Washington outsider, Obama sounds like a well seasoned Washington politician. It's amazing that his book is so popular since its the same thing thats been offered before just in a new and updated package. What a waste...
Breathe into this paper bag, people October 27, 2006
172 out of 326 found this review helpful
Senator Obama is handsome, he's smart, he's charasmatic, he's this, and yes, he's that. You know what? I'm handsome, smart, and charasmatic, but no one is touting me for president.
This guy is a dyed in the wool liberal, but at least he's honest about it. Compared to Illinois's other senator who is an opportunistic chameleon whose tack to the left corresponds in lock step with his ascendency in his party, at least with Obama you know what you're getting.
I'm grown quite tired of all the hype around this guy. Sure, he's smart and he might be the only immovable object in the path of the irresistable force of that other junior senator, the one from New York. But point to ONE thing he's done (besides pen no less than two memoirs within a couple of years of each other--imagine being in your forties and having compiled two memoirs!). Name one piece of legislation with his name on it. He's non partisan you say? Show me one vote in the senate where he's broken ranks with the democratic caucas. I'll hang up and listen to your answer.
Aha, just what I thought.
not interested October 29, 2006
159 out of 287 found this review helpful
I am African-American and have been reading these same storiesmy whole life. Just give me a something different please!!!
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